Shipping container for plowshares



April 7, 1925. 1,532,894

A. J. EGGERSS SHIPPING CONTAINER FOR PLOWSHARES Filed July 18, 1925 nome;

Patented Apr. 7, 1925.

UNITED STATES 1,532,894 PATENT, OFFICE.

AUGUST J, EGG-ERSS, OF OIVIAHA, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR TO EC-lvGIiiRSS-OTELYNG COlVf-v PANY, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA, A CORPORATION OF NEBRASKA.

SHIPPING CONTAINER FO'R PLOWSHARES.

Application filed July 18, 1923. Serial No. 652,349.

To all whom it may condemn Be it known that I, AUGUsT J. Eecnnss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and usefullmprovement s in Shipping Containers for Plowshares, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to shipping containers and packages, and it is the object thereof to provide a simple, eflicient and inexpensive container for shipping plow-' material being disposed about the point and edges of the share. It is found that, owing to the pliability of the burlap, the portions of the wrapping about the point and edge of the plowshare are easily cut through when such portions of the package are struck against or by any solid object, with the result that the point or edge is then subject to damage, or the wrapping may be cut through to an extent permitting its entire loss, together with the shipping tag or other means by which the origin and destination of the package may be determined. The above mentioned objections, arising from the use of a pliable fabric wrapping for plowshares, are completely avoided by the use of a container made of relatively stifi' or rigid material capable of maintaining a definite form independently of the object inclosed by it, the container being shaped to conform with the majoroutlines of the plowshare in flat planes. My invention provides a container. of this kind,

which may be produced at a moderate cost, and which is of minimum weight.

a In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a plan view of a structure embodying my invention, the container being in the flat or extended form, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same in the closed or folded form, Fig. 3 is a plan view of the closed container,

Fig. & is a side view of the same, and Fig. 5 1s a transverse sectionon the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

In the production of my container I preferably employ the material known commercially as double-faced corrugatedstrawboard, or, more briefly, as corrugated board,

1 said material'consisting of a sheet of corrugated strawboard having at each side thereof a facing of flat strawboard secured thereto by adhesive material From said material, by means of suitable dies or cutters, 1' form a blank of substantially the form represented in Fig. 1, the blank being creased to facilitate bending thereof along the outlines of the several parts ofthe blank. The main or central portion 7 of the blank is trapeziform, its longitudinal edges 8 and 9 being slightly convergent toward the end 10, said end 10 being approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal edge 8, and the opposite end- 11 being diagonal to form an acute angle with the edge 8 and an obtuse angle with the edge 9. From the longitudinal edge 8 is extended the flap .12, of which the shape is substantially symmetrical with the adjacent longitudinal half of the central part 7 of the blank. At the end 10 is a triangular or wedge-shaped wing 13 of whichthe acuteangled apex terminates at the edge 8, one

of the longer sides of said portion 13 being homologous with the end 10- of the part 7 ,and the opposite side 14 having the I quadrangular flap 15 extending therefrom. From the longitudinal edge 9 of the part 7 there is extended the narrow quadr'angu lar wing 16, and to the outer edge 17 of said wing there is joined the trapezoidal [lap 18. From the diagonal end 11 of the part 7 there is extended the triangular or wedge-shaped wing 19, of which the acuteangled apex adjoins the edge 8, one of the longer sides of said wing being homologous seen that the container formed by bending of the blank is triangular or Wedge-shaped in transverse section, the part 7 forming. the bottom, the Wings 13 and 19 forming the ends, thewing 16 forming the side opposite the apex of the Wedge, and the flaps 12 and 18 overlapping the flaps 15 and 21 to form the upper side of'the container.

jacent to the fold-line 8, the heel E of the share adjoining the endportion 13 ofthe 1 container, and the upper or lnoldboard edge F of the share. adjoining the side 16 of the container. The form of the container may be regarded as a pentahedral prisin which closely approximates the major outlines of the plowshare, and which is capable of so confining the same as to prevent the sharp point C or edge D of the share from cutting through theinclosure. Any tendency of the plowshare to move longitudinally of the containerwill result in the fiat landside end B striking theend 19 of the container, or the flat heel E striking the end 13 Likewise, any tendency of the share to shift-in the direction of the edge D is prevented by the confinement of the Wide real-portion of the share between the bottomand top of the container, as Will" be obvious from Fig.- 5. v

Now, having described my invention,

what I claim and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is; p

A shipping container for plowshares,

comprising an integral sheet of corrugated board having a trapezifo'rm central'p'ortion,

a trapeziforni flap atone of the longitudi n'a-l edges of said central portion, a quadrangular wing at the opposite longitudinal edge of the central portion, a trapeZifo-rin fiap'at the outer edge of said Wing, triangu lar Wings at each end of said central por ti'on, and flaps at the outer edges" of said triangular Wings.

AUGUST J. nee ness 

